Gallery: Morgan's Wooden Three-Wheeler Is the Eccentric's Electric
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Morgan Motor Co's EV3 is an eccentric contribution to the auto industry’s shift away from internal combustion engine.
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The car's made of aluminum panels laid over an ash wood frame. Wood!
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Packing a liquid cooled 46-kW motor driving the single rear wheel, the EV3 offers a range of 150 miles.
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It'll top out at 90 mph, which feels pretty damn fast without a windshield.
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The single, offset headlight (it "adds to the overall asymmetry”) sits above brass cooling fins that channel air to the 20-kilowatt hour lithium ion battery.
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The interior’s sparse but classy, with its gear switch sitting on the dashboard between the speedometer and a range indicator.
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The EV3 is based on Morgan’s standard 3-wheeler, so it still looks like an overturned bath tub.
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The EV3, to be priced around $50,000, hits the market later this year.
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